http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/news/ Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/q-a-health-systems-innovation-with-gill-samuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:29:53 GMTThe sequencing of the maize genome should boost efforts to find higher-yielding and climate change-proof varieties.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/maize-genome-offers-hope-of-improved-varieties-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:46:07 GMTA new data kit for mobile phones allows users to quickly collect, analyse and transmit a wide variety of data in infrastructure-poor areas.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/rural-data-collection-boosted-by-mobile-tech.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:37 GMTNew programme to bolster Africa agriculture, malaria control method overlooked, traditional healers have key role in epilepsy, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-4-18-november-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 18 Nov 2009 02:43:27 GMTAn HIV vaccine component may have accidentally triggered an immune response that made people more vulnerable to infection, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/misfiring-immune-system-blamed-for-hiv-vaccine-failure.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:36 GMTCuba has managed to stay free of dengue fever through locally-relevant research, say Maria G. Guzmán and Gustavo Kourí.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/dengue-free-cuba-an-example-to-developing-countries.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:25:53 GMTSome scientists worry that renewed enthusiasm for malaria eradication could distract from vital control efforts, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/biomed-analysis-to-control-or-eradicate-malaria-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMTThe global health innovation system must be considered as a whole to boost its effectiveness, say Stephen A. Matlin and Gill M.R. Samuels.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-innovation-requires-a-systems-approach.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:16 GMTFleas may transmit leishmaniasis to dogs, maintaining a reservoir of disease that could then infect humans.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/dog-fleas-implicated-in-leishmaniasis-spread-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:01 GMTA round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/swine-flu-science-update-16-november-2009-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:48 GMTThe speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/cholera-outbreaks-depend-on-river-flow-say-scientists.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:39 GMTDespite campaigning in Bangladesh, under-fives are still failing to receive zinc treatment for diarrhoeal disease, a survey says.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/children-missing-out-on-zinc-diarrhoea-treatment.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 12 Nov 2009 03:45:16 GMTThe Maldives ahead of carbon neutral target, South Asia marred by slow broadband, Nepal to discuss climate at Everest's base, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/south-asia-news-in-brief-29-october-11-november-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 11 Nov 2009 12:50:11 GMTScientists must lobby policymakers and politicians to ensure that vital research on maternal and child health saves lives, say the authors of a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/scientists-must-ensure-key-research-reaches-the-poor--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMTPoor countries need support to participate in genomics research, say Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris in PLoS Medicine.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/collaboration-key-to-developing-world-genomics-research-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 10 Nov 2009 01:31:10 GMTKenya believes it can eliminate malaria by 2017 but admits that there is a long road of funding and capacity building ahead.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/kenya-hopeful-it-can-eliminate-malaria.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 09 Nov 2009 03:57:19 GMTDensely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/megacities-must-tie-clean-air-goals-to-carbon-cuts-say-experts-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 09 Nov 2009 03:06:24 GMTThe Pan American Health Organization has proposed to reduce poverty in a bid to tackle chronic diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/addressing-poverty-to-reduce-chronic-diseases.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:26 GMTThe international community can help Cuba to keep on providing its population with accessible healthcare, even during economic turbulence, say Pol de Vos and Patrick Van der Stuyft.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/cuba-the-right-to-health-during-economic-crises.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:59 GMTThe PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria-vaccine-strategy-aims-for-eradication.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:56:12 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/